(ThyBlackMan.com) Five years after the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) infamous “autopsy” report was issued, the party’s standing within the Black community, continues to get worse. This autopsy report was the RNC’s cynical attempt to provide political cover for the party’s incompetence after Mitt Romney’s devastating presidential election loss to former ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Black Panthers was the nickname of the 761st all-Black tank unit in World War Two. They were one of the best, if not the best, tank outfit in General Patton’s army. They fought in several fierce engagements and won numerous commendations including the Congressional Medal of Honor. They were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again and again? Those were the questions posed by President Lyndon Johnson to The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, commonly called the Kerner Commission, which issued its response fifty years ago this month. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I had a fascinating phone conversation with a longtime black friend. Though we’ve had passionate political clashes over the years including periods of not speaking, we remain friends. He is a clergyman and college professor in his 70s. While discussing black movies, “Fences”, “Get Out” and “Black Panther”, my friend ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Saturday afternoon on March 10 the Molefi Kete Asante Institute and Afrocentricity International held a discussion on the Black Panther movie at their headquarters 5535 Germantown Avenue. The multi-generation audience consisted of students, intellectuals, retirees and working folks. The program included watching trailers of the film, listening to written critiques ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A petty merchant is a person (particularly an Arab or Asian) who comes from oppressed countries filled with colonial conditions imposed on them by the colonial social system by setting up shop in predominant African communities across the country to only parasitically extract resources from the African community, much like ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) March is Blood Clot Awareness Month. Blood clots or (pulmonary embolism) are the result of blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. In most cases, pulmonary embolism is caused by blood clots that travel to the lungs from the legs or other parts of the body. These ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It would appear that Toronto Raptors’ guard DeMar DeRozan is living a life that many people would envy. He is a professional athlete who has been selected as an NBA All-Star four times and he will make an eye-popping 27.7 million dollars over the course of this 2017-18 NBA season. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the joys of watching the Black Panther film was enjoying the many ways Afrodescendent women were portrayed. We were protective mamas, and Angela Bassett’s signature lip curl said it all. We were technology-driven pesky little sisters. We were Warrior Queens. We were intimate and affectionate lovers. And we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before we discuss violence with guns, I’d like to run a couple of questions by you. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day nearly 30 Americans die in motor vehicle crashes that involve drunk driving. What kind of restrictions should be placed on automobile ownership? Should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “March Madness” is upon us as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will be in full effect very soon. However, college basketball and college sports has been under a significant microscope lately. The NCAA is being viewed and critiqued in ways that have never happened before as an evaluation ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, the colonial state once again showed why educating African children has never been their top priority when it closed down 4 schools (3 elementary and 1 middle school) all In predominant African communities of the city of Montgomery, Alabama. The Montgomery Public School Board is historically anti-black and it ...